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UncategorizedPentagon Creates Software Acquisition Position, New Hire Will Oversee F-35 Upgrades
The Department of Defense has created a new position to oversee its future software strategy, including key elements of F-35 aircraft system upgrades, and has hired a former Air Force […]
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UncategorizedKey Lawmaker Proposes Ditching DISA
The Navy is challenging its program directors to find ways of opening legacy systems to new capabilities, but the process of moving to modular, open systems architectures retroactively is a […]
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UncategorizedAir Force To Launch Communications Relay Satellite
The U.S. Air Force announced April 6 that it plans to launch a new communications-relay satellite as part of a multi-payload mission later this April. The Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM […]
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UncategorizedGround Troops Need Immersive Simulators To Fight ‘Bloodless Battles’ Before Combat
Inside a 32,000-square-foot former tomato packing plant at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the Marine Corps has constructed an infantry combat simulator so realistic that it sent the wife of one of […]
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UncategorizedBusiness Opportunities
DHS S&T Silicon Valley Program Issues Call for Object Recognition Algorithms The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program has issued a topic call for […]
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UncategorizedContract Awards
AGMA Gets $20M Contract for Armed Guard Services in Puerto Rico The Department of Homeland Security has awarded AGMA Security Services a $20.4 million contract to provide armed security guard […]
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UncategorizedTech Developments
Smiths Detection CT Checkpoint Scanner Receives European Approval for C2 Standard Smiths Detection says it’s computed tomography-based HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX scanning system has demonstrated it meets the European Civil Aviation […]
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UncategorizedCourt Denies GD’s Protest of TSA Award to Unisys for Integration Contract
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied a motion by General Dynamics [GD] challenging an award by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last November to Unisys [UIS] to integrate […]
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UncategorizedCoast Guard Plans Tech Demo of Long Range UAS
The Coast Guard has issued a draft solicitation related to a forthcoming technology demonstration of long-range, ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for potential use finding and tracking illegal drug and […]
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UncategorizedPekoske Will Seek More Checkpoint Scanners if Initial Deployment Beats Schedule
If the initial deployment of new scanners for screening carry-on bags at airport checkpoints occurs faster than expected, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will seek approval from the Department of […]